Aizenberg Joanna,Aizenberg Michael,Cui Jiaxi,Dunn Stuart,Hatton Benjamin,Howell Caitlin,Kim Philseok,Wong Tak Sing,Yao Xi
申请号：
US201314414291
公开号：
US9963597(B2)
申请日:
2013.07.12
申请国别(地区):
美国
年份:
2018
代理人:
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
摘要：
The present disclosure describes a strategy to create self-healing, slippery self-lubricating polymers. Lubricating liquids with affinities to polymers can be utilized to get absorbed within the polymer and form a lubricant layer (of the lubricating liquid) on the polymer. The lubricant layer can repel a wide range of materials, including simple and complex fluids (water, hydrocarbons, crude oil and bodily fluids), restore liquid-repellency after physical damage, and resist ice, microorganisms and insects adhesion. Some exemplary applications where self-lubricating polymers will be useful include energy-efficient, friction-reduction fluid handling and transportation, medical devices, anti-icing, optical sensing, and as self-cleaning, and anti-fouling materials operating in extreme environments.
